How to Sew a Mini Skirt

Cut the Mini Skirt Fabric

• 1

  Measure the fullest part of your hips. Divide this measurement in half and add 2 1/2 inches.

• 2

  Cut 2 rectangles of fabric, each this wide and 3 inches longer than you want the mini skirt.

• 3

  Place the pieces of fabric right sides together and pin them together.

• 4

  Measure your waist, or the place where you want the top of the mini skirt. Divide this measurement by two and add 2 1/2 inches.

• 5

  Trim the upper corners of the fabric so that the top of the mini skirt is this wide.

Sew the Mini Skirt

• 6

  Stitch along one side of the skirt using 5/8-inch seam allowance. Press the seam allowance open.

• 7

  Set the sewing machine to the longest stitch length. Baste the opposite side of the skirt together using 5/8-inch seam allowance. Press the seam allowance open.

• 8

  Turn the zipper pull up. Pin the zipper tape to the basted seam allowance, so the top of the zipper tape is just below the top of the fabric.

• 9

  Attach the zipper foot to the sewing machine. Sew both sides of the zipper tape to the seam allowance only.

• 10

  Set the sewing machine to a normal stitch length. Stitch the side of the skirt below the zipper.

• 11

  Turn the skirt right side out. Topstitch the zipper close to the seam using a zipper foot.

• 12

  Carefully remove the basting stitches using a seam ripper. Make sure to remove any loose threads so they don’t get caught in the zipper.

• 13

  Hem the top edge of the skirt by folding it over about 5/8 toward the inside. Press it flat. Fold it over another 5/8 inch and press it again. Topstitch along the fold using matching thread.

• 14

  Hem the bottom of the mini skirt the same way as the top.